Associating Robot Manager to an existing Pega application

Pega Robot Manager™ allows you to start, stop, terminate, and schedule robotic process automation (RPA) robots. Pega Robot Manager is a separate application that you must import into Pega Platform™. After the import, associate Pega Robot Manager with an existing application or create a new application.

Use the following steps to add Pega Robot Manager to an existing Pega Platform application: 

1. Log in to Dev Studio as an administrator of the current application.
2. In Dev Studio, open your application record:
   • In the navigation panel of Dev Studio, click Records.
   • Expand the Application Definition category, and then click Application. A list of applications is displayed.
   • Select the desired application to which the Pega Robot Manager should be associated.
3. In the Edit Application rule form, in the Built on application(s) section, add the PegaRobotManager application.
   • Click Add application.
   • In the Name field, enter PegaRobotManager.
   • In the Version field, enter the Pega Robot Manager version.
     
4. Click Save to save the changes.
5. Create an access group.
   • In Dev Studio, navigate to Create > Security > Access Group.
   • In the Name field, enter the name of the access group.
   • In the Description field, enter the description of the access group.
   • Click Create and Open to create the access group.
6. Configure the access group.
   • In the Application section, in the Name field, enter PegaRobotManager.
   • In the Version field, enter the Pega Robot Manager version.
   • In the Available portals section of the access group, add pyRobotManager to the list of portals.
   • Click Save.
     
7. In the Advanced tab of the access group, add the default work pool of existing built-on applications.
8. Click Save to save the configuration.